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versify.

to make or compose verses

7 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪfaɪ/
  1. to make or compose verses

    ambitransitive
  2. to tell in verse; deal with in verse form

    transitive
  3. to turn (prose) into poetry; rewrite in verse form

    transitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wert- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-etor Proto-Indo-European *wértetor Proto-Italic *wertō Latin vertō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin versus Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Latin versifico Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Latin versificarelbor. Old French versifierbor. Middle English versifien English versify From Middle English versifien, from Old French versifier, learned borrowing from Latin versificāre (“versify”), from versus (see verse) + faciō (“make”).

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